Question

it’s been a long day and I think I just have code blindness but..

Trying to figure out if an element contains a number, do something to another element.

result_val = 9;

$(".result").contains("+result_val+") (function() {
    $(".parag").css("color", "#eee");
});

Maybe I’m taking the wrong approach? But there is no effect on the .parag div.

http://jsfiddle.net/xzeCq/

Answer 1

Try this:

result_val = 9;

if($(".result:contains(" + result_val + ")").length > 0 )
{
  $(".parag").css("color", "#eee");   
}

Or to get a boolean

result_val = 9;

if($(".result").is(":contains(" + result_val + ")") )
{
  $(".parag").css("color", "#eee");   
}

Live DEMO: http://jsfiddle.net/xzeCq/2/